Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 419

The applicant must give a copy of the application for the emergency action release order to the following people before the application is heard by the court:

        (a)     the child or young person;

        (b)     each parent of the child or young person;

        (c)     each other person (if any) who had daily care responsibility, or long-term care responsibility, for the child or young person immediately before the emergency action was taken;

        (d)     the director-general;

        (e)     the public advocate;

        (f)     if the child or young person is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person—the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people commissioner.

Note     If the director-general applies for an appraisal order, a care and protection order, an assessment order or an intensive therapy order for the child or young person, the director-general need only give a copy of the application to people before the application is heard by the court (see  s 413).